The hotel we stayed at put on a good spread for breakfast.  On top of that the hotel manager gave us a plastic bag to pack ourselves a lunch.  Fantastic!. We are finding the dutch people will go the extra mile to ensure a good service. Their hotel rooms are presented immaculately and just that little touch of offering us a packed lunch is so awesome for us as cyclists. We can recommend hotel van djke in kampen if you are doing a cycle tour of this region.

The sun was out for the first part of the day which was nice for a change.  The path zig he’s and zagged a bit which meant we had wind coming at us from all directions. The headwinds were accompanied with cursing and the tail winds with singing. It’s strange that when I start singing, Mike speeds up.  At least I know how to hurry him up when he is dawdling.

At 2pm we stopped at a supermarket to get some water. When we came out it was chucking down with rain. We asked about hotels at the tourist office and they pointed us to a b&b in the suburbs.  We thought we would give it a go as it was cheap and storms were forecast. It’s quite weird as its like staying in someone’s house, but its nice and modern and the owners are friendly. We were glad we stopped as there has been a constant rain and what would have been a terrible head wind. As well as that, the temperature has dropped considerably.  The only catch is we have to leave by 9am. We both fell asleep watching sitcoms on tv. Mike is now downstairs ordering us a pizza as It’s too wet to go out. I hope the weather will be better tomorrow.